chairman

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ UK /ˈtʃɛːmən/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #3390

Meanings

1

noun
The person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting.

The chairman opened the meeting with a short speech.
2

verb
To act as chairman of a meeting or group.

He chairmanned the board for over a decade.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the person who leads a... chair

2 verb · to act as chairman of a... chair

Word family

Forms chairmen

Derived forms chairmanagerchairmanesschairmanlikechairmanlychairmanshipcochairmansubchairmanvice-chairman

Etymology

From chair + -man.

Topics

People & Society

# chairman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈtʃɛɹ.mən
**IPA (UK):** ˈtʃɛːmən
**Frequency rank:** 3390

## Meanings
1. The person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting.
2. To act as chairman of a meeting or group.

## Examples
- The chairman opened the meeting with a short speech.
- He chairmanned the board for over a decade.

## Derived Forms
- chairmanager
- chairmaness
- chairmanlike
- chairmanly
- chairmanship
- cochairman
- subchairman
- vice-chairman

## Etymology
From chair + -man.

## AI Etymology
Chairman is from chair plus -man. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun and a verb, chairman denotes the person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting and to act as chairman of a meeting or group. The same word family continues in derived forms such as chairmanager, chairmaness, chairmanlike, and chairmanly.

## Topics
- People & Society

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